Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.

s WILKINSON V NON-REFILLABLBBOTTLB.

- APPLIUATIONI E L 1) MAY 26,1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATE Patented May 5, 1903.

ONE-THIRD no EDGAR w.

VANIA.

TURLEY, or osoEoLA MILLS, PENNSYL- tNON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,244, dated May 5,1903.

Application filed May 26, 1902. Serial No. 109,038- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL WILKINSON, a citizen of the United-States,residing at Osceola Mills, in the county of Olearfield and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofnon-refillable bottles and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one capable after a bottle or analogous receptacle hasreceived its original contents of effectually preventing theintroduction of a liquid into the bottle, whereby fraudulentadulterations and refillings will be rendered impossible.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangementoff parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated; in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical seetional view of a portion ofanon-refillable bot-l tle constructed in accordan ce' with this inven}tion. Fig. 2 is a similarview illustrating the arrangement of the partswhen the bottle is inverted. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewillustrating a modification of the invention. Fig. 4 is a similar viewshowing another form of the invention. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectionalview of a further modification.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

' l designates a bottle provided with a neck 2, having a contractedupper cork-receiving portion 3 and provided below the same with avalve-chamber, which is oppositely tapered, as shown, and which receivesa valve 4. The upper portion 3 is adapted to receive the ordinarystopper and enables the bottle orother receptacle to be sealed in theordinary man-, ner. The tapering valve-chamber, which is preferablycircular in*cross-section, has an enlarged upper portion, and its lowerportion 5 forms a valve-seat and is adapted to receive the lower portion6 of the valve to close the receptacle.

neck of the bottle and prevent the entrance of a liquid into the samewhen the said bottie is in an uprightposition.

The valve is constructed of white rubber or other suitable material, andit is composed of the said lower'portion 6 and an upper enlarged portion7, whichiis arranged in the upper portion of the valve-chamber and whichis connected with the lower solid portion 6 by a neck 8. Theu'pper'portion 7, which is approximately spherical, is hollow, asclearly shown in Fig. l, and is provided at the top with perforations 9,forming vents and adapted to' permit the escapeof a'irfromtheinterior ofthe upper portion of the valve when the latter is compressed tointroduce it into the neck of the'receptacle. The upper portion 7, whichis of greater diameter than the cork receiving portion of the neck, maybe readily compressed to pass through the same,

.and the lower portion orplug' is also capable of sufficient compressionto readily pass through the upper portion of the neck of the The valvemay be provided with a'ffiat upper faceo'rtop 10, and it has a series"of projections 11, extending from the top and adapted to abut againstthe upper portion of the valve-chamber, as'illustrated in Fig. 2, whenthe receptacle is inverted, whereby the bodyportion of thevalve isoffset from the wallsof the valve-chamber to provide passages for theescape of the contents of the bottle. The projections, which areradially arranged, are shown taperingg'but any other form of proje'ctionmaybe employed.

The valve-chamber is provided on its interior at a point between itsends with an inwardly-extending annular flange or projection 12, formingan upper seat and adapted to receive the enlarged upper portion of thevalve when the body is in an upright position. The lower portion orplug, which is tapering, is provided at its upper edge with an annularflange or web 18, forming an ezgtension'of the side faces of thelower'portio'n when the receptacle is in an upright position, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. Thisthi'n'flange'or web 13 is extremely flexible,-and-Iitxformsa cupshaped receptacle at the top of thelower portion ofthe valve and is adapted to be forcedoutward against the walls of thevalve-chamber by external pressure should any attempt be made to force aliquid into the receptacle. WVhen the bottle is in an inverted position,the liquid contents are adapted to readily force the extension or flangeinward, and the same will not obstruct the discharge of the contents ofthe bottle. The inwardly-extending intermediate annular projection orflange 12 is tapered and presents inclined upper and lower faces, and itextends inward over the flexible flange or extension 13 and forms aguard for the same to prevent an instrument from being introduced intothe neck of the receptacle and interfering with the operation of thevalve. Should the valve be raised by any means, the extension or flange13 will be closed against the walls of the valve-chamber should a liquidbe poured into the latter, and such liquid will be effectually preventedfrom entering the bottle or other receptacle.

The form of the valve-chamber and the valve may be considerably changedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention, and in Fig. 3 aconical lower-portion or plug 14 is shown. The upper portion 15 of thevalve is similar to that heretofore described. The valve 17 (shown inFig. 4) is provided with a flat disk-shaped upper portion 18, which issolid, but which is adapted to be compressed sufflciently to passthrough the upper stopper-receiving portion of the neck. In Fig. 5 ofthe drawings the valve 19 is provided with a cup-shaped upper portion20, open at the top and adapted to be compressed in introducing thevalve into the valve-chainber. The cup-shaped upper portion is adaptedto cooperate with the cavity or recess at the top of the lower portionor plug in bolding the valve closed when the same is subjected toexternal pressure.

The lower face of the intermediate flange forms a sufficient shoulder toeffectually prevent the stopper from being withdrawn after it has beenplaced in position, and should the lower stopper or valve be drawnoutward the annular flange or extension will be compressed against thelower face or shoulder of the intermediate flange, and the top of thelower portion or plug will be expanded sufficiently to preventwithdrawal.

It will be seen that the nonreflllable bottle is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction and that-it is capable of effectuallypreventing a liquid from being introduced into .a receptacle after thevalve has been placed in position. It will also be clear that the valvemay be readily placed in the valvechamber after the bottle or otherreceptacle has received its contents and that the improvements areapplicable to all kinds of receptacles for all kinds of liquids.

It will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion,size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of theappended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. 1

What I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, the combinationwith a receptacle having a neck provided with a valve-chamber, saidvalvechamber being provided with a lower seat and having an intermediateflange, of an elastic valve composed of a lower portion adapted to fiton the valve-seat and provided with a thin flexible flange or webarranged beneath the intermediate flange of the neck, and an uppercompressible portion connected with the lower portion or plug,substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptaclehaving a neck provided with a valve-chamber, said valvechamber beingprovided with an intermediate flange and having a valve-seat below thesame, and an elastic valve composed of upper and lower portions "locatedabove and below the flange and connected together and being of greaterdiameter than the space within the flange, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacleprovided with a neck having an upper stopper-receiving portion andprovided with a valve-chamber, said valve-chamber being provided with anintermediate flange and having a valve-seat below the same, and anelastic valve composed of upper and lower portions and a connectingneck,the upper and lower portions being of greater diameter than the diameterof the valve-chamber at the flange, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptaclehaving a neck provided with a valve-chamber having an intermediateflange, and an elastic valve having upper and lower portions locatedabove and below the flange, the lower portion being provided at the topwith an upwardly-extending flange or web forminga cup-shaped recess andadapted to be moved inward and outward by the liquid to permit thecontents of the bottle to be decanted and to prevent a liquid from beingintroduced into the same, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptaclehaving a neck provided with a valve-chamber having an intermediateflange, and an elastic stopper or valve composed of upper and lowerportions and a connecting-neck, the upper portion being compressible andprovided at the top with projections and the lower portion beingprovided at the top with an upwardly-extending thin flexible flange orweb, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL WILKINSON.

Witnesses:

JAM S A. STODDART, GEORGE E. J ONES.

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